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Revolution for Cats & Dogs
- Kills adult fleas, flea eggs and flea larvae in the environment. Treats, controls and prevents flea infestations. Controls flea allergy dermatitis.
- For the prevention of heartworm disease (with monthly administration) caused by Dirofilaria Immitis.
- For the treatment of ear mites (Otodectes Cynotis), adult roundworms (Toxocara Cati), adult intestinal hookworms (Ancylostoma Tubaeforme), and biting lice infestations caused by Felicola Subrostratus.
- Revolution for cats doesn't come with Canex but is already formulated to fight against roundworms and hookworms in cats.
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Product Detail: Revolution for Cats & Dogs
Manufactured by Zoetis Australia.
The indications for use are different between dogs and cats. Whilst treatment can begin from 6 weeks of age in both puppies and kittens, the parasites Revolution treats is different between the 2 species.
Revolution for Dogs
Revolution for Dogs is effective in preventing heartworm infection. It has a safety profile which extends over a large number of breeds and can be used in heartworm positive dogs. Revolution for Dogs also kills adult fleas and also flea larvae and eggs in contact with the treated animal and prevents affected flea eggs from hatching. Thus it is very effective in managing flea infestations. Revolution for Dogs will also treat and control sarcoptic mange and ear mites in dogs.
Revolution for Cats
Revolution for Cats is also used to prevent heartworm infection but cats should be tested by their veterinarian for heartworm prior to beginning treatment. Revolution for Cats will also kill adult fleas, flea larvae and eggs in contact with the treated animal and prevent affected eggs from hatching. Flea control is therefore managed well with this product. Revolution for Cats will also treat and control ear mites, roundworms and hookworms in cats.
Revolution is a safe and simple way to protect your pet from a range of common parasites. It prevents heartworm disease while treating and controlling fleas (including flea eggs and larvae) and ear mites in both cats and dogs, hookworms and roundworms in cats and sarcoptes mites in dogs. This effective medication is applied to the skin of your pet once a month.
Each tube contains: SELAMECTIN
Directions for use: Depress the cap to puncture the seal, then remove the cap. Part the hair on the back of the animal in front of the shoulder blades until the skin is visible. Place the tip of the tube on the skin and squeeze the tube to empty its entire contents directly on to the skin.
How to use Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative
Revolution Flea Control is a once-a-month topical application for dogs and cats. Application is quick and easy and the product should only be applied to a dry animal. The product is water-proof after 2 hours so normal bathing, swimming etc. can continue.
The correct tube size should be selected for each individual animal and individual tubes should not be shared between several animals. The cap on the tube should be pushed downwards onto the tube until a "click" is heard and then the cap should be removed. The hair at the base of the neck should be parted to skin level and the entire contents of the tube squeezed onto this area. Do not rub in the liquid.
Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative Pack Sizes
Revolution Flea Control comes in several sizes according to the size of the dog or cat which it treats. The appropriate size tube should be used for each animal being treated.
The concentration of active ingredient in the Revolution for Dog and Revolution for Cat products are different so the correct package should be used for the correct breed as noted on the package label.
The doses and pack sizes are as follows:
Revolution for Cats
- Puppies and kittens up to 2.5kg - pink pack
- Cats up to 7.5kg - blue pack
Revolution for Dogs
- Puppies and kittens up to 2.5kg - pink pack
- Very small dogs 2.6-5kg - purple pack
- Small dogs 5-10kg - brown pack
- Medium dogs 10-20kg - red pack
- Large dogs 20-40kg - teal pack
- For dogs larger than 40kg - use the appropriate combination of sizes.
Tips and Tricks for Using Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative
Most animals will tolerate the application of a spot-on topical treatment quite well. However if your pet is unco-operative, having another person assist can be of immense benefit. Having someone restrain the cat or dog will help. Another suggestion would be to offer the pet a dog treat or cat treat whilst applying the product. For dogs which tend to roll around after application of the product, taking the dog for a walk immediately after application can avoid this problem.
All animals need to be completely dry before applying Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative.
Many owners will find picking a date in the month which is significant for them to help them remember the treatment date. For example ensuring the dose is given on the 1st of every month can make remembering the due date easier. Owners could also place a note or sticker on the calendar on the due date to help remember.
Active Ingredients of Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative
Revolution for Dogs and Revolution for Cats contains the active ingredient Selamectin.
The concentration of Selamectin differs between the Revolution for Dog and Revolution for Cat products.
Contraindications and Warnings for Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative
Revolution Flea Control and Heartworm Preventative should not be administered to puppies or kittens less than 6 weeks of age.
Revolution Flea Control should only be used as directed by the manufacturer.
If poisoning occurs, contact the Poisons Information Centre.
This product is flammable and should be stored away from heat, naked flame or other ignition sources.
Wash hands after use.


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Someday, we should probably have an intervention with J.K. Rowling over how much time she spends on Twitter. There are other things she could be doing than engaging with the Harry Potter hordes. Today isn't that day.
Today is the day in which she corrects our mispronunciation of He Who Must Not Be Named.
@Universe_Box One piece of Harry Potter trivia I always forget to mention: the "t" is silent in Voldemort, according to @jk_rowling.— Michael Lucero (@mhenrylucero) September 9, 2015
... but I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who pronounces it that way. https://t.co/HxhJ5XY5HP— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 9, 2015
Since 'mort' (with a silent 'T') is the French word for 'death', that's probably why it's supposed to be pronounced that. But who knows. I'm sure Rowling will go into greater Twitter detail in the coming weeks and months.
Everyone probably started calling him 'You Know Who' because no one could pronounce his damn name.


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Students at most universities likely know the words to the fight song more than they do the alma mater. Now the students at Utah may have to re-learn some of the words to the fight song.
Earlier this week student government organizations at Utah voted in favor of changing lyrics to the school fight song that some deemed offensive. The changes are not official yet, but now are likely to be approved. This should come as little surprise, as the lyrics were written in 1904 and declare those singing to be a Utah Man. The changes are minor and will not require a brand new composition and sheet music, but the proposed changes will help bring the fight song into a more politically correct state in the 21st century.
The line that sings "Our coeds are the finest" has been considered sexist and racist by some and the university is now prepared to modify that specific line to avoid any problems. One of the possible changes to the line could read "our students are the brightest," according to The Desert News. Any reference to "Utah man" could easily be switched to "Utah fan" without disrupting the fight song's theme or rhymes.
"I don't want to get rid of tradition, I love tradition, I just want a more inclusive tradition," said student body president Sam Ortiz, who sponsored the measure, as quoted by The Salt Lake Tribune. "I'm incredibly happy that our student leaders stepped up and made a difficult decision."
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text: Commentary about doing an encoder and/or future work Reply #125 – 2018-05-12 12:28:53 I have gotten questions about the DolbyA decoder, and why I didn't do a DolbyA encoder also? Well -- there are at least two reasons, but the first and most important is that most of the problem is to copy music from old archives and be able to use it (process/mix/finalize/produce) with current technology. The second reason is that DolbyA is so much weaker NR than more recent technologies, that I don't suggest using it for encoding. Perhaps I could do an encoder that produces much less distortion than anything else (like the decoder has less distortion than anything else), but why encode into DolbyA? If/when I do a DolbySR decoder, then an encoder with that technique might be more useful. The big problem with SR is that it is incredibly more complex than DolbyA.Please note that this DolbyA compatible decoder truly sounds similar to a real DolbyA (sans fuzz, distortion, lack of clarity) with a very similar freq response balance. (Even if someone uses the cat22/360/361 as a design basis in digital form, the result will not likely sound similar because the filters don't emulate well. I found that my decoder would sound similar (but cleaner) to another known DolbyA decoder if I used the DolbyA design as a reference.) I rejected those filters -- and I was worried that I could come up with something compatible that sounded more accurate, but I was lucky to find a better solution.Doing a REALLY compatible/similar sounding DolbyA encoder would be a project similar in scope to the decoder project, but with even fewer users and less usefulness. Frankly, even if I had a reel-to-reel deck, I would NOT bother encoding anything into DolbyA form. DolbyA MIGHT be more useful than SR for very long term archival purposes (because of the simpler DolbyA decoder design), but still -- I'd try to find something BETTER QUALITY than DolbyA. Knowing what I know now -- I am somewhat suspect of the quality of any of the dynamic gain schemes which can-not mathematically be reversed, and DolbyA (however being close to being reversable) is not reversable enough.My criteria for a long-term analog compatible NR (and possibly dynamic range extension) system would be a constant compression ratio, multi-band system with mathematically designed analog&digital compatible characteristics for the filters. At least, if properly executed and working on a deck with a fairly flat response, it will be totally reversable (distortion products even better cancelling.)So, what I suggest if someone wants to use a nearly analog compaitble NR system, it would be closer to the HI-COM (afair -- not sure) type design. The multi-band approach is good, but the DolbyA filters are kind of finicky, and I'd rather see the system designed from specification rather than HW design. If there is an interest, and it would be really used if it works -- I could do a rough specification, and an implementation of both a HW and SW compaible design that has the best features of DolbyA and DBX. One good thing about a compatible SW design is that it can be prototyped using software modules that act very similarly to real hardware. For example, I'd base the design on dB linear technology (like THATCORP) stuff, and use standard filter design techniques that can be implemented in HW & SW, e.g. well constrained IIR filters that emulate well in HW. FIR filters can be more ideal, but are also not easy to emulate in HW. After doing a rough design and a SW implementation (probably 2X easier than my DolbyA effort), then a real HW design could be started. Before that, I'd do as much of a spice simulation as possible.The end result of such an effort would be at least 25dB NR, almost no level sensitivity, almost no modulation-type noise, very good transient response, much better distortion than almost any other system. Also, encoding/decoding could be done on computer or in hardware, and the result of the encoding could be designed to be listenable. So, it would have all of the advantages of DBX, DolbyA and DolbySR, and almost none of the disadvantages of any.But doing new DolbyA encoding operations are only useful in museums where there are demos of ancient technologies :-).John


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My friends joined me at Edo for Hibachi to celebrate my birthday. My mom helped me bake a cake. It was really fun. Afterwards we went home and opened presents.
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My friends joined me at Edo for Hibachi to celebrate my birthday. My mom helped me bake a cake. It was really fun. Afterwards we went home and opened presents.
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Oh, you guys. I am so excited. What I've heard, but not seen, is that the VD deliciousness gets an extra special swirl when these guys are high school kids – like, going to sock hops and hanging out in the cafeteria – while vamping out and worrying whether good ol' Tyler is going to come home and cause problems.
And it's here! "Last Dance". So we begin!
Previously on the Vampire Diaries, Elena was a Petrova doppelganger who was the key to breaking the Sun and the Moon curse; Klaus is on his way and a witch who had enough power could defeat him, so Bonnie gets all imbued with energy, even though using all of this might (will) kill her; Matt and the Sherriff share things they learned that they were supposed to be compelled to forget; Isobel gave up Alaric to Klaus' footsoldier; and Klaus inhabits Alaric's body, freaking out Katherine.
Okay! Klaus-ric is displeased with wardrobe options available to him. Runs a couple of options by Katherine, who seems pretty nervous. But she answers Klaus-ric's questions about where the 'dagger and white ash' are. Katherine agrees they're in the Salvatore basement. Klaus-ric doesn't want to re-raise Elijah, so he has to be careful. Katherine reminds him if he's passing as Alaric, he has to make it up to his girlfriend Jenna. Klaus-ric touches Katherine, and she begs for death, rather than have to suffer under him. He compels her to tell him any other things, and she spills about Bonnie collecting up the powers. Klaus-ric is all "I thought she didn't have powers! I have trouble keeping up on this show too!" As Katherine begs for death again, Klaus-ric is all "I searched for you for 500 years, your death is gonna last at least half that." Awesome. Anyway, he gives her a knife and makes her stab herself in the leg. It's horrifying. He says she should do that repeatedly while he's gone. What a guy.
Um, Title Card.
Elena signs papers to finally own the Salvatore house. Bonnie wouldn't want to clean it, but they agree it'll keep Elena safe since only she can invite people inside. Winning smiles.
Brothers are outside, debating whether Bonnie can, in fact, beat Klaus. Needless to say, they're nonchalant. Then they muse on whether Katherine is dead. A laconic "probably".
Anyway, then Elena opens the door, and the guys don't stroll in. She invites Stefan inside, then flirts with Damon incessantly by not immediately inviting him in and making him promise to 'obey the owner of the house'. Damon prickles at being treated like a preschooler. Eventually he agrees, and she beamingly invites them in. But then the guys get all shirty because Elena and Bonnie are daring to attend school. Elena smugs that she'll be safe at night and "next to Bonnie is the safest place I can be". Yikes.
Morning. Caroline's. Matt came over to see the sheriff. He's freaking out that Caro wants to go to the dance and Sherriff agrees he has to take her, not let on that he knows anything. Matt thinks his cover will be blown on account of not being a very good actor. Sherriff says that she's her daughter – her baby – and that there's nobody in this town she can trust. Matt has to keep up the ruse until Sherriff figures out what to do about the fact that the whole town are …not human.
Class! Okay, this is pretty hilarious. Stefan curled into a desk is very hilarious. Elena dangles a poster for a 60's dance in front of him, and he shakes his head. She tries the same trick on Bonnie, who grins yes. So I guess we know whom Elena favors.
Anyway, guess who's teaching class and has no idea what's going on? You got it – Klaus-ric. Some brownnoser lets him in on the truth instead of screaming like she should, and he nearly faints at Elena's beauty. This could be because she's giving him the eye. Which she is. Klaus-ric whinges about the 60's, poorly, Elena smirks and calls him "Rick", Stefan is tired of Elena flirting with everyone but him under his very face, and gives her the eye –and Klaus-ric corrects himself. You can tell he can smell her.
School! Bustle! Normal teens getting ready for a dance! Caroline, with posters! She happily goes to kiss Matt, and it gets all intense. She's delighted. He's trying hard.
Jeremy, with exactly zero subtlety, asks Bonnie in a super-loud voice whether she told anyone she's planning on dying pretty soon. She tells him to shut it, then, in girlfriend fashion, turns it on him all "don't you have any faith in me?" She avers she might not die, and they clam up as Elena arrives and asks, uber-casual, if Jeremy is OK in the house with John all alone. He says it's 'not ideal', but she's moved on to whether Jenna is ever coming home. Jere spits something about on-campus housing and books.
The 26-year-old brownnoser from earlier is all "Some cute guy wants to know if you're gonna be at the dance tonight." Imagine all the snottiness in the world combined with all the weariness you've ever seen, heard, or felt, and that's how Bonnie says, "Tell him she has a boyfriend!" I'm rolling, but herewith Brownnoser, who is clearly evil, is all "You should at least meet him, his name is Klaus. I know the name is stupid, but he's really hot." As Bonnie mutters that "she's been compelled", Elena frantically looks for Klaus. Brownnoser eagers "He wants to know if you'll save him the last dance!"
Do kids say brownnoser anymore? How about browner?
Salvatore house. Damon and Stefan are berating the girls for thinking school was a good place to hide, when Klaus-ric just struts himself inside, and I wish we'd seen the scene where he was invited in. Anyway, as the team outlines their plan, which mainly amounts to Bonnie bragging about how strong she is, Klaus-ric chuckles, nervous, that it won't be that easy. Not anymore, anyway. Damon tries to prove Bonnie ain't as tough as she seems and launches at her, but everyone's impressed when she throws him on his back. I'm sure Klaus-ric is among them.
God! Gross! Katherine's disgusto bloody knee is horrible. Klaus comes home, bitches about Alaric's store of weapons, and appreciates that the local vampire hunter (one of the minions) has found scotch. Klaus-ric needs him to take out "witch-bitch". Apparently, his 'haggard history teacher' body is not going to hold up to fighting her, but the minion knows what we know, that if she uses all her power she'll die, and should thus be provoked into it.
Caroline's, and I'm not sure if her blondeness with her Jackie O costume is a social commentary on Marilyn Monroe or a reluctance to wear a wig. She presents herself to her mom, all smiles. Mom is struggly as she tells her that she looks good. They exchange some tenderness about how much mom works, and then "JFK", Matt, shows up at the door. He gives Sherriff a look, exchanges glances with her and won't kiss Caro in front of her. He's going to make the girl think he's having an affair with her mom. Wait! Maybe he is (I'm kidding).
Salvatore basement, and apparently there's a big tickle trunk of old clothes down there. Elena searches for something to wear, and then looks downcast at the idea that she's dressing for her death. Stefan tells her she can back out, and apparently Elena's been harboring the idea that Klaus is not real and now she has to deal with the idea that he is. Anyway, she tells Stefan she loves him, and he wants to hear that when the night's over. One imagines, so would Damon, who's watching them.
60's dance. This actually looks like a dumb amount of fun. Klaus-ric agrees with me, and dances dorkily through the crowd. Then he realizes he doesn't know names, and gets brownnoser and her date to 'earn some extra credit'.
Outside, Delightfully Useless Jere, as I am now going to call him, is sweetly trying to give Bonnie his ring to keep her safe. She pats him like the puppy he is, and explains that the ring won't help her. He's all fussed that she's going to die, as you would be, and she swears she can do this. She does not flinch at the word "girlfriend" like I expected.
Damon swaggers by and grins at her. Elena and Stefan appear, also 60's-ed up.
Inside the dance, Brownnoser gives a song a shoutout – for Elena, from Klaus. Elena and Stefan look panicked; Klaus-ric looks quite pleased with himself, and the song's kind of sweet, actually.
Damon growls that it's a lame, cheap shot. Elena avers that she knows everyone there, and Damon decrees they should dance in order to evade him. He strides over to Klaus-ric, who wants praise for how twisted it was to dedicate a song to Elena. Over with Stefan and Elena, she's worried that Caroline won't know what's going on, so Stefan hurls her into the arms of Damon.
That boy does not know what's good for him.
Anyway, Damon is super-charming in that way he gets when he's trying to jolly Elena out of freaking out, and tells her that at the last Decades Dance (they have these all the time?) she was freaked, and that they won. She agrees. He twirls her around, she beams, and he drops "I've got moves you've never seen", which is a great "My Best Friend's Wedding" line, which is kind of apropos.
As Caroline and Matt dance, and he remarks that she's so pretty, Stefan interjects to ruin her evening. She's predictably terrified.
Meanwhile, Damon dances with Bonnie, interrogating her about the chances that she's going to die. Basically, she's a goner. He tries to be casual about asking if they can increase her odds, and she grins that he's acting like he actually cares.
Elena spots this, and asks Delightfully Useless Jere what's up. Because he's useless at lying, he stammers just long enough to prove to her that there's something afoot, and she's annoyed. Then sends Stefan after him.
Paul Wesley is obviously tiny next to Steven R. McQueen, as this ill-advised foreground shot shows me. He's all worried about Jere – and with exactly zero twisting of the arm, Jere points out Bonnie will die if she takes on Klaus. But if she doesn't, Elena will die. So it's kind of a catch-22.
Back in the dance, "I think we're alone now" still brings joy into my heart. Elena grabs Bonnie. Stefan grabs Damon. How could he keep this secret? Damon basically says he could and did.
Elena's all "Not an option, Bon". Bonnie thinks it's the only option, and I guess I could take them seriously, but their clothes are really funny. Elena wants to find another way, Bonnie's all "I actually have the power to save you", and methinks it's as much about power as anything else. Anyway, Bonnie says if it were reversed, Elena would do the same. Bitten lips and pouts.
Jeremy strides into a group of – here we go again – tiny, tiny thugs. But since there are three of them, they take him down. Stefan and Damon run up and get a stake in the shoulder for their trouble. Stefan correctly asserts that these tiny high school nerds are compelled, ergo it's a distraction. He sends Damon off to find Elena and Bonnie…
But Klaus-ric has gotten there first, telling the girls "he has Jeremy". They're all "Really? Him? He's not usually a big part of these plots…" and race after Klaus-ric, who lures them into a heavy-steel-doored part of the school.
Klaus-ric lures the girls into the school, they get suspicious, and those go-go boots of theirs are not going to be good to run in. Anyway, Elena wants to know if he's high on vervaine or has been compelled, but he's all "Guess again, loser!" He relishes telling them he is not Alaric, and waits to see if they can guess. Which Elena does. Then she mutters that it's not possible, and Klaus is all "I'm actually here to kill Bonnie."
The way she throws him back against the lockers, we knew it was coming, but she looks damn good in her uber-short 60s dress anyway. Superpowers indeed.
Now that I sound like a creepy uncle, Bonnie wallops Klaus-ric through the glass of a trophy case, and Elena gasps like it's so novel. Klaus-ric says if they kill this body, he'll just inhabit another one. Like Jeremy's. Bonnie's all "RUN", and I just assumed that wouldn't work, but apparently it does? They run, see Damon, fill him in. Ian Somerhalder gets the bulgy eye as he tells Elena to go find Stefan, which lets Bonnie tell him (are you all keeping up OK?) that Klaus is here to kill her. Damon says Klaus doesn't get to win, that Bonnie has to do whatever to kill him. Which we knew.
The music sings "where are you" as Elena tears through the dance looking for Stefan. Caroline interjects, but when Matt appears, Elena has to mute her story. Which is ok, because Stefan appears. Matt is annoyed at being left out.
Superhero Bonnie strides through the school and finds Klaus. She breaks his hand and dislocates his shoulder, and he's suffering, though he snidely notes her bleeding nose. "Is that all you got"?
Elena and Stefan confront Damon, who says Bonnie's doing "what she has to do". Gasps all around.
Back at the battleground, Bonnie brings Klaus to his knees, and the lights flash. Papers begin to swirl, and she's bleeding freely from the nose now.
Stefan and Elena race through the school, but BloodyFaceBonnie slams the door on them. Then her powers cause the lights to shatter and fall down, Klaus-ric is beleaguered but not fallen, there's all these spectacular fireworks, Bonnie turns back to Elena all peaceful-faced (and it's worth noting that her nosebleed is lessened) and then Klaus-ric moves, Bonnie collapses, and the lights go out.
Elena and Stefan burst in. Klaus-ric nowhere to be seen. Elena looks frantically for a pulse. None. Bonnie's not breathing. She begs Stefan to give her blood, to do something, to help. Stefan thinks it's too late. Elena sobs over Bonnie's body, and as Damon comes in to try to take care of things, Elena screams that "This is BONNIE!" She's incredibly distraught, and only now realizes she needs Jeremy. I feel awful for her –
…but the way Damon bends over Bonnie (and, let's face it, the fact that the hour's not up) tell me This Is Not Over. He closes Bonnie's eyes, though, and we go to commercial. Hey, what if Klaus-ric is now Klaus-nie? Has anyone seen him recently?
Damon puts Bonnie (gently) in a trunk. (He'd told Elena he needed to hide the body from the mayor). He almost makes it – when D.U.J. comes running up. He can't find anyone, and Damon sighs that they have to talk.
Elena cries by the fire in the Salvatore house. Stefan wants her to drink something but she refuses. She almost makes it, but then starts crying that it was all her fault. Then Damon strides in, all clinical. Asks if Elena could be calmed down, like he's an executive on Mad Men. She accuses him of having known Bonnie would die, he says he did, and Elena hauls off and slaps him.
Damon doesn't flinch. He tells Elena to prepare for what he's about to say.
Grotty mansion. Bonnie is lying there. Jere strokes her cheek, as Damon narrates that she wasn't prepared for Klaus to use Alaric's body like that. Klaus wasn't going to stop until Bonnie was dead. Or until he believed she was. And then, as Jeremy lights candles, Bonnie draws breath, and the music swells, and only the 60s clothes keep my eyes from misting up.
Damon, drily, tells Elena Bonnie cast the spell herself to appear dead. That she's OK. Then he strides out. Elena tears up.
Stefan strides after Damon, all 'you should have told me'. Damon correctly points out that Stefan wouldn't have been able to not tell Elena, and this is true. I am 100% Team Damon here, but aside from his propensity to bulge his eyes, when am I not? Anyway, he says he doesn't mind being the bad guy and making all the life-or-death decisions, while Stefan worries about whether Elena cries. But at the end of the day, Damon's the one who will keep her alive.
Youch. Also, Word.
Grotty Mansion, Jeremy pulls out his laptop. AT&T product placement. He needs wireless. Bonnie's all "You don't have to stay with me" and he avers that he will. Bonnie takes advantage, and says that she needs him to talk to Elena. But instead Jeremy sets up some Skype. I love this.
The girls weep that there wasn't enough time to tell each other, and are happy.
Elena. T-shirt. Damon's bedroom. He mutters that her reaction had to be real for Klaus to believe Bonnie was dead. She gets it, but still has some moralizing to throw at Damon and his scotch. She will NOT allow Bonnie to die for her. Damon says Klaus will be there for Elena soon, and Bonnie's the only one who can do it. Elena is determined to find another way, then touches her hair and apologizes for hitting him.
Damon lays it on the line. If it's between the two girls, he'll happily let Bonnie die. He gets the scary eyes as he says he will always choose her, and those of you who wondered if she was going to remember that he said he loved her, this is getting close. She leaves.
Elena strides down a hall, and there's a little too much cleavage all of a sudden and oh, damn, this is Katherine. You guys, where were my hair cues? She goes into the basement, pulls the dagger out of Elijah, and sits, waiting for him to awaken.
You guys!
Okay, no actual proof that was Katherine, so it must be just Elena finding some backbone. We'll find out next week. And Caroline's story might go somewhere. And whither Klaus-ric?
Attached, find pics Nina and Ian at Coachella this weekend. Apparently they were hanging out with Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger, proving that Canadians will find each other anywhere. Look at them posing for pics! Do you think otherwise cool Coachella-attenders are spazzing because they're secret Damon-Elena shippers?
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"I like doing everything. I like doing it all. I like being creative, whatever way I have to do it," the 46-year-old says. "I just want to tell stories . . . It's ultimately not the fame I enjoy because it's a pain in the ass, but it's sitting down and writing and thinking about someone in a theatre seat laughing. That what it's about when you do a movie like this."
"Comedies are always welcome, but especially in times like this," Carrey confirms.
"It's not just a funny movie, but I think you believe the love story and the friendships. There's a lot to walk away (with). If there is a message, it's to engage life, say yes maybe a little bit more than no -- or more than you did before -- and life turns out all right. Usually, you regret the things you say no to."
"My social life goes in bursts. When I've got to get out, I'll plan a trip to Baja and hang out with friends for a month, and then they'll never see me for two or three months. I won't answer calls.
"It's the see-saw effect; I need both. I don't think I'll ever have the kind of life or schedule where I can have a steady way of doing things. Sometimes I'll get really busy and just want to hide when I get home. Sometimes I'm not so busy and I want to reach out to friends. But I understand this character, definitely."
"Sea cadets," he says. "When I was 11 years old I joined sea cadets, which is like a military version of boy scouts. They shave your head and humiliate you and parade you around for the rest of people you know in the town, with this uniform on."
"If I hadn't done that I wouldn't know I'm a useless maggot."
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The goal of this study trip, organised by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, was to familiarize with the Slovenian Police Service's approach to Community Policing prevention structures at both a practical and theoretical level and exchange experiences and viewpoints on community policing issues and learn about the processes followed by the Slovenian Police in the transition from its previous system to the current one.
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See response from Ta-nehisi Coates —
Obama's speech is different. To some extent it exposes people to new ideas. But to a greater extent, perhaps, it shows how movements which only a few years ago were thought to be on the run have, in at least one major party, carried the day. This is not a small thing.
Update: Interesting commentary from across the pond at The Guardian.
Update: Charles Pierce approves.
The speech was a bold refutation of almost everything the Republican party has stood for over the past 40 years. It was a loud — and, for this president, damned near derisive — denouncement of all the mindless, reactionary bunkum that the Republicans have come to stand for in 2013; you could hear the sound of the punch he landed on the subject of global warming halfway to Annapolis. But the meat of the speech was a brave assertion of the power of government, not as an alien entity, but as an instrument of the collective will and desires of a self-governing people.
Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal, as well.Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity, until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.
We are not free because we are individuals, the president told them, daring them to hold two ideas in their heads at a time without their brains leaking out of their ears. We are free because, as individuals we work together in the creative act of self-government to produce a viable political commonwealth in which that freedom can thrive and prosper, and the primary instrument of that commonwealth is the government we devise out of it. That government must be allowed to function. That government must be allowed to operate for this freedom to be generally achieved.
Progress does not compel us to settle century's long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time. For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.


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On July 14, 2015 by mandate of Pope Francis, the Apostolic Penitentiary granted the celebration of a Jubilee Year from September 23, 2015 to September 23, 2016 in celebration of the Bicentennial of the priestly ordination of the Founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, St. Gaetano Errico.
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Watchman's Prayer! By Elaine Davenport March, 2014
Dear Heavenly Father, please equip, enable, release, guide, and help the Watchmen around the world to do our jobs to get the prayers out and the words out in our efforts to prepare the people (including us) who are about to be judged. Father, please open all of our eyes, speak to our hears, show us Your mercy and your grace. We come against the spirit of deception, untruths, denial, confusion and contention. We bind those who think they know the truth that only seek harm. We bind the spirit of Anti-Christ and false gods. We loose the spirit of peace, love, patience and wisdom. We crush the spirit of offense. It is our prayer that Your Word becomes the light in the darkness and that it's so much sharper than any two edge sword piercing the soul. We trust You to back us as we go out into the vineyards to release Your Word and we believe we will be backed by Your power and not our own and that is why we will succeed in Jesus Name.
EZEKIEL 33: 6 (WARNING TO ALL WATCHMEN) (This explains the sense of urgency to warn people of the coming judgement)
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone's life, that person's life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.
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BELOIT, Wis. — Fire officials are still investigating a fire in Beloit that injured two people.
The Beloit Fire Department responded to a report of a fire just before noon Sunday.
According to a report, smoke was seen coming out of eaves and the inside of a two-story home at 1319 St. Lawrence Ave. and it was full of smoke when crews arrived.
It was unknown as of early Sunday afternoon how many people were in the house when the fire started, fire officials said. Two people were injured including a person suffering burns and smoke inhalation and a Beloit firefighter who suffered heat exhaustion, according to the report.
Officials said they didn't yet know how the fire started and a damage total caused by fire was not yet available. The report noted smoke damage was heavy. The value of the house was estimated at $61,000, according to the report.
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Sometimes, all you need is a little creativity to turn something old and familiar into a fresh new hit.
That's exactly what did it for Old Spice. To revive a 72-year-old brand, Procter & Gamble tapped Isaiah Mustafa, the handsome former NFL wide receiver, to star in a campaign to appeal to women. Old Spice presented the chisel-chested Mustafa in ads as "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like," and the campaign went viral. P&G reaped 1.2 billion earned media impressions from the campaign, and Old Spice soared to the No. 1 spot in the U.S. male body wash and deodorant category. The insight that made it possible? Women, not men, do most male grooming purchasing.
Marketing smarts plus a little creativity can make a small idea go a long way. Consider Smart, the ultra-compact car. It doesn't have the advertising budget of titans like Nissan and Toyota, but it sparked attention with a social media movement that rallied against "dumb" mindless overconsumption. In other words, you don't have to drive a big car. A tiny, environmentally friendly one — like Smart — can be cool.
Forbes.com slideshow: The year's most creative ad ideas
Puma, a smaller athletic footwear company, did just the same to position itself against its larger rivals Nike and Adidas. Realizing that most Americans don't engage in serious competitive sports, the brand launched a campaign targeting the "after- hours" athlete. Those are folks who play foosball, Ping-Pong and other games just for the fun of it. In so doing, Puma carved out its own niche with a huge, untapped portion of the U.S. population.
And then there was Alicia Keys, with her "Digital Life Sacrifice" AIDS awareness campaign, and Jay-Z, with his Decoded book launch. They both put a creative twist on social media. Jay-Z promoted his new autobiography by sending fans on a virtual book hunt. Keys, together with other celebrities, helped raise $1 million in just six days by having Hollywood A-listers like Lady Gaga and Ryan Seacrest sign off their Twitter and Facebook accounts until the goal was reached. The most impressive aspect of that campaign, says Tor Myhren, chief creative officer at Grey, the advertising agency, was its "talk value." AIDS awareness has been around for a long time, but Keys and other stars used social media to get it "back into the cultural conversation," he says.
Forbes: The year's most memorable products
The best ideas are often quite simple. Realizing that consumers have luggage space on their minds when they travel, the luxury carmaker BMW Group launched a guerrilla marketing campaign for its Mini Clubman compact vehicles with ads at airport carousels that made it look like the luggage was emerging from the back of one of the cars. A clever way to suggest that the vehicle holds a lot more than you might think, and a smart way to grab the attention of a consumer standing around waiting for a suitcase, says Peter Viento, an executive creative director at Publicis Groupe-owned Saatchi & Saatchi X, the agency's shopping marketing division.
Forbes: Old brands that made a comeback
A coalition of baby-carrot farmers took a more aggressive approach. Realizing that their little carrot pieces looked a lot like Frito-Lay's Cheetos, the growers reintroduced their healthy food in new packaging that mirrored Cheetos', and put up billboards that proclaimed, "The original orange doodle." Junk food addicts, needless to say, were amused. It was a far better strategy than, say, "lecturing people about the product's health benefits," says Andrew Essex, CEO of ad agency Droga5.
Forbes: The world's most valuable brands
This year's most creative ideas — as selected by a panel of advertising executives — spanned categories as diverse as toaster pastries, children's candy and even a beer brand in Argentina. The judges were — in addition to Myhren, Essex and Viento — Curt Detweiler, executive creative director at McCann Erickson, and Will Payovich, Euro RSCG's creative director.
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Firefighters rescue dogs from icy pond
Mom, pup dash to freedom
Fresh off a harrowing experience, a mother dog and her pup were wrestling unfazed by what had happened just hours before.
Zuna and her pup, Elvis, had bolted for their freedom, slipping past owner Cheryl Bergemann's niece as she opened the door.
"The mom and the boy, they took off running to go play -- they like to adventure," Bergemann said.
So Bergemann set out driving the area to find the missing pets.
"I heard my dog barking and I was like, 'that's Zuna,'" Bergemann said. "I seen through the windshield in the distance two little heads that was popping up out of the pond."
Bergemann didn't hesitate. She called 911, and firefighters responded quickly to rescue the dogs.
"You also have to look at it as far as the children were there and the owners of the dogs, and they're part of their family," said Caledonia Battalion Chief Jeff Buenger.
When rescue crews arrived, the anxiety levels were high.
"They had broken through some thin ice, were struggling and were in kind of distress," said Buenger.
Crews sent for an ice boat, and then set to work.
"Dressed out in their cold water survival suits, they tethered them to the shore," Buenger said.
Firefighters grabbed the pup and went back to get the mom. While rescuing the animals seems like a big job for some little pets, firefighters said they were glad to do it.
"I'm relieved, glad it was that ending and not the other possibility," Bergemann said.
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This post was intended for yesterday, but I was out making rather merry last night, and it got delayed.
I joked in last week's Slumgullion that Chicago-based singer-guitarist Phil Angotti's tribute to The Zombies at Martyrs' Pub might be a deciding factor in the British Invasion band's being one of the nominees chosen to be 2014 Inductees into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Even if Angotti doesn't wield that kind of influence, his performance of the entire Odessey And Oracle LP, backed by bassist Casey McDonough, singer-guitarist John Aselin, keyboards player Dick Schmidt, and drummer Kriss Bataille, served as a lesson in how much more The Zombies had to offer beyond a few hit singles.
It was an ambitious undertaking, and as Angotti good-naturedly conceded onstage, not all of it went smoothly. The intricate vocal interplay of "Changes," for example, seemed a bit off-kilter. But Angotti and friends succeeded nicely in demonstrating that Odessey And Oracle is an underrated treasure box of British pop tunes. In addition to the hit single, "Time Of The Season," the LP had ornate gems like "Hung Up On A Dream" and "Care Of Cell 44," along with the jazz-influenced "Misty Roses" and the optimistic "This Will Be Our Year."
After a short break, Angotti and his back-up band returned for a set of hit singles, B-Sides, and rarities. He led off with The Zombies' biggest hits, "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No," and proceeded to the less-successful "Leave Me Be." Other highlights include "Summertime," a song The Zombies had covered from the musical, Porgy & Bess, and "You Make Me Feel Good."
We should know in a few weeks, if The Zombies will be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In the meantime, there's a new import four-CD boxed set titled The Zombies In Stereo coming out on December 17th, and the band will be part of the Ultimate Rhythm And Blues - 50th Anniversary Tour, along with The Animals & Friends; The Yardbirds; Spencer Davis; and Maggie Bell.


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After a long career making movies, some directors take on an increasing producer capacity (Steven Spielberg) while others go to their garage to tinker with passion projects (George Lucas). Then there's Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, who currently has the male stripper movie Magic Mike out in theaters and two more projects on the horizon (Bitter Pill and Behind the Candelabra). That last feature may be telling, as it will debut on HBO before opening to a theatrical audience. And now it seems as if Soderbergh's career intentions are leaning more towards the small screen in the future. Hit the jump for some quotes from Soderbergh himself as to his potential move to television.
THR reports that Soderbergh is considering a switch to television after taking a break from Hollywood. Matt Damon had previously made Soderbergh's intentions clear to the media via the following quote from the LA Times:
"He wants to paint and he says he's still young enough to have another career. He's kind of exhausted with everything that interested him in terms of form. He's not interested in telling stories. Cinema interested him in terms of form and that's it. He says, 'If I see another over-the-shoulder shot, I'm going to blow my brains out.'"
While Soderbergh admitted that Damon blew his words out of proportion, the director did come back and say this to the Associated Press:
"American movie audiences now just don't seem to be very interested in any kind of ambiguity or any kind of real complexity of character or narrative — I'm talking in large numbers, there are always some, but enough to make hits out of movies that have those qualities. I think those qualities are now being seen on television and that people who want to see stories that have those kinds of qualities are watching television."
And then followed up with a comment to the New York Times:
I'm interested in exploring another art form while I have the time and ability to do so. I'll be the first person to say if I can't be any good at it and run out of money I'll be back making another Ocean's movie."
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Soderbergh behind some television productions; the small screen can only benefit from it. What I'd really like to see, however, is a veteran director make some seriously bold decisions and delve into the world of online artistry, an area that has copious amounts of talented individuals but, relatively, an unfortunate shortage of vetted filmmakers. What do you think about Soderbergh's potential move? Let us know in the comments!


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Today Bad Frankenhausen is a peaceful, picturesque spa town with therapeutic saline springs. On 15 May 1525 however, it was the site of the decisive battle in the Peasants' Revolt.
A monumental image of the battle can be seen in the Panorama Museum on Schlachtberg hill above the town. This painting by the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke depicts scenes from the massacre in a space exceeding 1,700 square metres. Over 3,000 figures are portrayed, among them Martin Luther and his early comrade, the revolutionary theologian Thomas Müntzer. Müntzer was the peasants' leader and spiritual mentor. After their defeat he was publicly executed.
Bad Frankenhausen in Thuringia has a leaning spire whose tip is 4.6 metres out of true, even more than the leaning tower of Pisa. Bubbling away close to the relaxing spa gardens in the town centre are the two saline springs that give the town its reputation as a therapeutic resort. Not far away, the Kyffhäuser monument and Barbarossa's Cave are ideal for outings into the countryside and the world of German legends.
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- A clinically relevant gene signature in triple negative and basal-like breast cancer (2011)
- Introduction: Current prognostic gene expression profiles for breast cancer mainly reflect proliferation status and are most useful in ER-positive cancers. Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) are clinically heterogeneous and prognostic markers and biology-based therapies are needed to better treat this disease. Methods: We assembled Affymetrix gene expression data for 579 TNBC and performed unsupervised analysis to define metagenes that distinguish molecular subsets within TNBC. We used n = 394 cases for discovery and n = 185 cases for validation. Sixteen metagenes emerged that identified basal-like, apocrine and claudin-low molecular subtypes, or reflected various non-neoplastic cell populations, including immune cells, blood, adipocytes, stroma, angiogenesis and inflammation within the cancer. The expressions of these metagenes were correlated with survival and multivariate analysis was performed, including routine clinical and pathological variables. Results: Seventy-three percent of TNBC displayed basal-like molecular subtype that correlated with high histological grade and younger age. Survival of basal-like TNBC was not different from non basal-like TNBC. High expression of immune cell metagenes was associated with good and high expression of inflammation and angiogenesis-related metagenes were associated with poor prognosis. A ratio of high B-cell and low IL-8 metagenes identified 32% of TNBC with good prognosis (hazard ratio (HR) 0.37, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.61; P < 0.001) and was the only significant predictor in multivariate analysis including routine clinicopathological variables. Conclusions: We describe a ratio of high B-cell presence and low IL-8 activity as a powerful new prognostic marker for TNBC. Inhibition of the IL-8 pathway also represents an attractive novel therapeutic target for this disease.
- T-cell metagene predicts a favorable prognosis in estrogen receptor-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers (2009)
- Introduction: Lymphocyte infiltration (LI) is often seen in breast cancer but its importance remains controversial. A positive correlation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) amplification and LI has been described, which was associated with a more favorable outcome. However, specific lymphocytes might also promote tumor progression by shifting the cytokine milieu in the tumor. Methods: Affymetrix HG-U133A microarray data of 1,781 primary breast cancer samples from 12 datasets were included. The correlation of immune system-related metagenes with different immune cells, clinical parameters, and survival was analyzed. Results: A large cluster of nearly 600 genes with functions in immune cells was consistently obtained in all datasets. Seven robust metagenes from this cluster can act as surrogate markers for the amount of different immune cell types in the breast cancer sample. An IgG metagene as a marker for B cells had no significant prognostic value. In contrast, a strong positive prognostic value for the T-cell surrogate marker (lymphocyte-specific kinase (LCK) metagene) was observed among all estrogen receptor (ER)-negative tumors and those ER-positive tumors with a HER2 overexpression. Moreover ER-negative tumors with high expression of both IgG and LCK metagenes seem to respond better to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions: Precise definitions of the specific subtypes of immune cells in the tumor can be accomplished from microarray data. These surrogate markers define subgroups of tumors with different prognosis. Importantly, all known prognostic gene signatures uniformly assign poor prognosis to all ER-negative tumors. In contrast, the LCK metagene actually separates the ER-negative group into better or worse prognosis.
- Prediction of extracellular proteases of the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori reveals proteolytic activity of the Hp1018/19 protein HtrA (2008)
- Exported proteases of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are potentially involved in pathogen-associated disorders leading to gastric inflammation and neoplasia. By comprehensive sequence screening of the H. pylori proteome for predicted secreted proteases, we retrieved several candidate genes. We detected caseinolytic activities of several such proteases, which are released independently from the H. pylori type IV secretion system encoded by the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI). Among these, we found the predicted serine protease HtrA (Hp1019), which was previously identified in the bacterial secretome of H. pylori. Importantly, we further found that the H. pylori genes hp1018 and hp1019 represent a single gene likely coding for an exported protein. Here, we directly verified proteolytic activity of HtrA in vitro and identified the HtrA protease in zymograms by mass spectrometry. Overexpressed and purified HtrA exhibited pronounced proteolytic activity, which is inactivated after mutation of Ser205 to alanine in the predicted active center of HtrA. These data demonstrate that H. pylori secretes HtrA as an active protease, which might represent a novel candidate target for therapeutic intervention strategies.
- Multidimensional patterns of neuronal activity: how do we see them? (2008)
- Poster presentation: Introduction The brain is a highly interconnected network of constantly interacting units. Understanding the collective behavior of these units requires a multi-dimensional approach. The results of such analyses are hard to visualize and interpret. Hence tools capable of dealing with such tasks become imperative. ....
- Integration of Bayesian molecular clock methods and fossil-based soft bounds reveals early Cenozoic origin of African lacertid lizards (2009)
- Background Although current molecular clock methods offer greater flexibility in modelling historical evolutionary events, calibration of the clock with dates from the fossil record is still problematic for many groups. Here we implement several new approaches in molecular dating to estimate evolutionary ages of Lacertidae, an Old World family of lizards with a poor fossil record and uncertain phylogeny. Four different models of rate variation are tested in a new program for Bayesian phylogenetic analysis called TreeTime, based on a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. We incorporate paleontological uncertainty into divergence estimates by expressing multiple calibration dates as a range of probabilistic distributions. We also test the reliability of our proposed calibrations by exploring effects of individual priors on posterior estimates. Results According to the most reliable model, as indicated by Bayes factor comparison, modern lacertids arose shortly after the K/T transition and entered Africa about 45 million years ago, with the majority of their African radiation occurring in the Eocene and Oligocene. Our findings indicate much earlier origins for these clades than previously reported, and we discuss our results in light of paleogeographic trends during the Cenozoic. Conclusions This study represents the first attempt to estimate evolutionary ages of a specific group of reptiles exhibiting uncertain phylogenetic relationships, molecular rate variation and a poor fossil record. Our results emphasize the sensitivity of molecular divergence dates to fossil calibrations, and support the use of combined molecular data sets and multiple, well-spaced dates from the fossil record as minimum node constraints. The bioinformatics program used here, TreeTime, is publicly available, and we recommend its use for molecular dating of taxa faced with similar challenges.
- Origin and pathogenesis of nodular lymphocyte–predominant Hodgkin lymphoma as revealed by global gene expression analysis (2008)
- The pathogenesis of nodular lymphocyte–predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) and its relationship to other lymphomas are largely unknown. This is partly because of the technical challenge of analyzing its rare neoplastic lymphocytic and histiocytic (L&H) cells, which are dispersed in an abundant nonneoplastic cellular microenvironment. We performed a genome-wide expression study of microdissected L&H lymphoma cells in comparison to normal and other malignant B cells that indicated a relationship of L&H cells to and/or that they originate from germinal center B cells at the transition to memory B cells. L&H cells show a surprisingly high similarity to the tumor cells of T cell–rich B cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma, a partial loss of their B cell phenotype, and deregulation of many apoptosis regulators and putative oncogenes. Importantly, L&H cells are characterized by constitutive nuclear factor {kappa}B activity and aberrant extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling. Thus, these findings shed new light on the nature of L&H cells, reveal several novel pathogenetic mechanisms in NLPHL, and may help in differential diagnosis and lead to novel therapeutic strategies.


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Kathy Clark, of Fraser, finishes the Detroit marathon in October. Clark also ran the Boston Marathon earlier this month, finishing just before the bombs went off.
FRASER — Kathy Clark crossed the finish line five minutes before the bombs went off.
It was the 56-year-old Fraser resident's third time running the Boston Marathon, and she was in a good mood as she crossed the finish line, grabbing some water and goodie bags.
She had, after all, achieved her goal of qualifying for next year's marathon. She needed to finish the race in less than four hours, 10 minutes; she finished in four hours, four minutes.
That's when she heard the boom. At four hours, nine minutes and 44 seconds on the race clock, she heard two loud booms, one after the other, coming from behind her as she walked forward.
"It was very loud," she said. "Probably because it was the closest I had been to something so loud."
She turned around and saw the white smoke rise. She guessed that she was about a half-football field length away from the finish line at that point, but her vision was marred by buildings and elevated structures. She wondered if it was a terrorist attack, but then thought to herself, "Don't even think that. It might be something else."
Most of the volunteers around her continued to smile and hand out water and goodie bags to the finishers. One volunteer on an elevated platform overlooking the finish line seemed concerned, and told those below to "just keep walking," she said.
She walked briskly toward a special zone around the corner from the finish for runners to meet up with their families and friends. There, she met her waiting husband, Jim Clark. Plan A had been for Jim to meet her at the finish line, but it had been too crowded for him to wait there, so they met at their backup location instead, she said.
At the family meet-up area, she asked him whether he had heard the boom. He had, he replied, but the buildings around them had masked the direction from which it came.
Those watching the news soon learned that the two "booms" had been bombs, which had gone off 12 seconds apart near the finish line. Investigators later determined that at least one of the bombs was a pressure cooker hidden inside a backpack, according to the FBI. The other bomb also was contained in a metal container, though it was not clear, as of press time, whether that was a pressure cooker, too.
As of April 17, three had died from the blasts and about 180 were wounded, reports said.
But to Kathy, who didn't have the benefit of news reports, little seemed out of the ordinary in the minutes that followed the blast, except that the people around her seemed more concerned than the first two years she had run the Boston Marathon, in 2005 and 2010. "Usually, people seemed more happy," she said.
The people around her seemed equally unaware that the noise had been the sound of bombs.
A bomb squad truck passed them, and Jim, a retired Warren police officer of nearly 36 years, suggested they go back to the hotel, which was about a half-mile from the finish line.
They were walking back to the hotel when Kathy received a call from her brother in Detroit. It wasn't until then that she learned the extent of what had happened.
"It makes me sick," she said.
She wasn't sure whether she was going to run the Boston Marathon again, but the attack wouldn't stop her from running the race again, or any marathon for that matter.
From their hotel room, she answered text messages and phone calls that were able to come in. Cellphone service was hard to come by. She answered them as best she could. "My son was so worried about me," she said. "I had so many people who were really worried about me and really made me feel good."
She said about 15 phone calls and 30 text messages came in from worried friends and family members. She said the experience showed her that a lot of people cared about her. She had 41 comments once she was finally able to post to Facebook from her phone.
Looking back on the race, she said there were times she wanted to slow her pace. But her goal was to qualify, so she struggled on. She wonders, if she had slowed, whether she might have come a lot closer to the bombs.
A friend running behind her was about a mile away from the finish when the bombs went off, she said. He never got to finish.
The Clarks filled the next day before their departing flight with lackluster sightseeing. The tragedy put a damper on the accomplishment of running the marathon.
It was bittersweet, she said; On one hand, it felt like a huge accomplishment to finish a marathon. On the other hand, it was sad to know that, at some point, she ran past people who, just a few minutes later, would be dead or injured. Some 'might have cheered for her, she said.
They returned home the afternoon of April 10.
Clinton Township resident Andrew Neuwirth had qualified and registered to run in this year's Boston Marathon, but he didn't end up running the race because of lower back pain, he said. Neuwirth, 61, has run the race three times in the past.
Neuwirth said that knowing his finishing time, it is conceivable that he would have been near the finish line when the bombs went off, he said.
When asked how he felt about the attack, he said, "Obviously, I'm upset and angry and disappointed for the people there."


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Re-engineering is making a dent in congestion along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, but Colorado transportation managers are turning to psychology to persuade motorists to at least delay getting on the road during peak travel times.
The Colorado Department of Tranportation and a consortium of local governments and resorts along I-70 are offering special deals on food, entertainment and lodging to keep travelers off the highway during weekend and holiday rush periods.
If the incentives offered in the "Change Your Peak Time" campaign keep people off the highway for even an hour or two on a Sunday, that would be a victory, I-70 Coalition program manager Margaret Bowes said.
"We just want to remind them that they can stay tied up in traffic or they can stay and play a little longer," Bowes said. "It's no easy task to change someone's behavior, but we are giving them an incentive to do so."
The deals posted at goI70.com range from a $1 house coffee at a shop in Idaho Springs to half off a Sunday night stay at a Vail hotel. They include tempting meal deals and discounts on ski and snowboard equipment purchased after 4 p.m. in Dillon.
The campaign launch is especially timely since this coming weekend is typically one of the heaviest travel periods of the season.
That's because on the Saturday and Sunday before the Super Bowl, people tend to get off their couches and head to the high country. It's also the final weekend of the Winter X Games in Aspen, which will send an extra load of spectator traffic through the corridor.
"Traffic is pretty predictable and we know it will be the heaviest this weekend," Bowes said. "We are hoping to get people to get on the road a little sooner or later and maybe even spend a Sunday night and save the hassles of fighting traffic."
The widening of the eastbound bore of the Twin Tunnels in Idaho Springs has helped reduce travel times. Other planned innovations — including the creation of a toll lane during heavy traffic periods — also are likely to help, CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford said.
"These little pieces will start hopefully adding up," she said. "Now we hope we can change behavior. That will help a lot."
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Mid-term evaluations
- Every primary mentor needs to complete evaluations by July 16th, 19:00 UTC.
- If you aren't going to pass the student, please contact Jason Kridner ASAP.
USB Sniffer blockers
- drinkcat desires better USB module documentation.
OpenCV blockers
- ppoudel working with Kitware to resolve CMake issue.
RPC-POSIX blockers
- maltanar is considering a change in direction to be able to move more individual functions rather than apps.
- jkridner would rather see clean-up on the distribution aspects.
- maltanar's concern is primarily the focus on POSIX in his application and that some functions might not be reasonable to implement.
- Daniel, katie, and koen are aligned on getting more of an ARM-side library focus to this project.
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Vol. 78, No. 3
Truth and consequences
By Scott Alessi
America's prison system is a department in need of corrections, and it may be the victims who hold the key to a better approach to criminal justice.
Web-only sidebars:
More from Alessi about a mother's struggle with her son's incarceration and restorative justice in New Zealand
Photo story
Caste off
By Megan Sweas
India's untouchables struggle to erase the stigma of being called Dalit, but among Catholics there are two schools of thought on the best way to change their situation.
Web-only sidebar:
A house divided: One Dalit Christian pastor's family has diverging views on "reservations"
Caught between two worlds
An interview with theologian Timothy Matovina
Hispanic ministry is not about "welcoming the stranger," says this expert on Latino Catholicism. Parishes must become a place where new generations of Latinos can feel at home.
Web-only sidebar:
How should the church respond to the Latino priest shortage?
Sounding Board
Speaking from experience
By Karen Dix
When homilies tread into unfamiliar territory, priests should look to the pews and let laypeople lend their expertise. In Feedback readers consider whether good homilists must practice what they preach.
(Essays, short stories, and poems are not available online.)
Our Lady of the Priests' Infirmary
By Evelyn Bence
I thirst
By Anne M. Windholz
When all hope has dried up, a water-soaked sponge can be all that's left to sustain life.
Practicing Catholic: From death into life
By Mark C. Meade
Breaking bread alongside those who have been sentenced to die can change a man's convictions.
Editors' Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
Signs of the Times (News)
Catholic Tastes (Humor)
Culture in Context: Music, film, and book reviews
At Home with Our Faith (Family spirituality)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
Glad You Asked: Why did Jesus "descend into hell"?
The Examined Life: Back to the drawing board
By Bryan Cones
Margin Notes: A farewell to arms?
By Kevin Clarke
Culture in Context: A sad state of affairs
By Patrick McCormick
Testaments: In with the old
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Back in March, I decided to take a brief hiatus from updating, as my day job suddenly included a number of new responsibilities and time demands. I didn't know if that would be a temporary or permanent thing at the time, so I didn't bother putting up an explanation on the blog; I thought it might be two weeks or a month at most and then I would get back to regular daily entries.
Obviously, it turned out to be a permanent thing. I went from doing about four hours of real work a day to between eight and twelve, and Apocalypse POW! fell by the wayside as a matter of course. I also realized that, while I had enjoyed running this blog for almost eight years (my first post was back in 2006, although I didn't start updating it on a regular basis until 2010), it had moved away from my original intent to focus on videogame-inspired art and culture and more towards a general, retro-tinged pop-culture art blog. There's nothing wrong with that, but I came to the conclusion that I was no longer trying to fill a niche and was instead doing what dozens of other blogs out there were doing (indeed, I had a bookmark list of similar blogs as long as my arm that I would check daily for post ideas). Ultimately, Apocalypse POW! rendered itself superfluous.
In January of 2012, I reached a peak monthly hitrate of about 28,000 unique page views. I'm still getting about 350 page views a day, which is all the more impressive since I haven't updated in half a year. There are people out there (mostly coming from Google searches) who enjoy what I've put up, but it feels like a relatively self-sustaining thing at this point, and continuing to add to it - especially when I don't really have the time in my life to do so - feels unnecessary.
I haven't completely given up on Apocalypse POW!, and one day I may come back to it. When I do, it'll likely take a new form. I'd like to shift back to basics and really focus on people making amazing videogame art, and discuss the street-level culture around videogames. I'd like to revise the design of the site, take it off of Blogger and host it independently, and try to build it out in terms of community. For the time being, though, I won't be updating anymore. Time will tell where I decide to take things in the future.
Thanks for visiting my humble little blog, folks! It's been real.